F1 Spanish GP: Piastri beats Norris as Verstappen receives late penalty | Motorsports News

Oscar PIASTRI STRILEGENS HIS F1 World Championship Lead, Beating McLaren Teammate Lando Norris, While Max Verstappen Drops to 10th Spot After Post-Race Penalty.

Formula One Championship Leader Oscar Piastri has won the Spanish Grand Prix from Poland Position in a McLaren One-Two to Go 10 Points Clear of Teammate Lando Norris in the World Championship Title Battle.

The Australian’s Win On Sunday at 2.4 Seconds Over Norris was his fifth in nine races this season and McLaren’s Seventh.

Ferrari’s Charles leclertc completed the podium places on Sunday after passing Max Verstappen’s Red Bull Six Laps from the end following a safety car period that trigged the main talking point of the afternoon with the champion demoted from fifth to 10th place.

“It’s a nice way to bounce back from Monaco. A Superb Weekend,” said PiaTri, who finished third last weekend in a race won from Poland by Norris.

Verstappen, who made four stops in total and ended up on the slower hard tires against rivals on softs, collided with leclerc and twice with Mercedes’s George Russell after the safety car restart.

The Dutch Driver was given a 10-Second Penalty-added to his overall time post-racing-for the second Russell collision, which was clearly his fault.

He and leclec also faced a post-racation for their clash, which could lead to further sanctions.

“I tried to push him to the left. There was a bit of contact but fortunally no consequences,” leclerc said. Visited claimed the Monegasque had rammed into him and should have given back the place.

Russell finished fourth after eventually being let through by Verstappen, who reluctantly did as his team told him.

Sauber’s Nico Hulkenberg finished a surprising and morale-boosting fifth for the future audi team after passing Ferrari’s Seven-Time World Champion Lewis Hamilton on the penultimate cloth.

Hamilton was a disappointing sixth, Isack Hadjar Seventh for Racing Bulls and Pierre Gasly Eighth for Renault-Owned Alpine.

Home Hero Fernando Alonso scored his first points of the season with Aston Martin, who had only one car on the grid due to lance stroll’s withdrawal through injury after Saturday’s Qualifying.

PIASTRI KEEPS HIS COOL OUT Front

PIASTRI LED Away cleanly at the start with Verstappen Seizing Second from Norris While Hamilton and Lecller Moved up to fourth and fifth at the expense of Russell.

Hamilton let leclor through on Lap 10 of 66 After the two ferraris had run nose to tail.

Norris took back second place from Vislappen on Lap 13 with the Dutch driver making no attempt to defend against the quicker mclaren and pitting on the next cloth for new tires.

Verstappen took the lead again on cloth 23 after piaTri pitted. Norris made his first stop on cloth 21 and came out behind the red bull, but that lasted only until stained pitted for a second time on Lap 30.

Verstappen came in for a third stop on cloth 47, and norris pitted a cloth later to defend second place.

A safety car was deployed on cloth 55 after rookie driver kimi antonelli beached his mercedes in the gravel, bunching up the field and triggering a rash of pit stops.

The McLarens Came in Together for New Tires, Double-Stacking, and Comfortably Resumed AHead of Verwappen, who questions the switch to a set of hards but was told that was the only option available.

The next round of the 2025 Season will be the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal on June 15.